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Michael Clifton Burgess is an American politician and physician who has served as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 26th congressional district since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Burgess has focused on healthcare policy, leveraging his medical background to inform his legislative work. He has been involved in various committees and has advocated for issues such as medical research and veterans' healthcare. Burgess has also been a vocal supporter of conservative fiscal policies and has participated in discussions surrounding healthcare reform.
I thank the chairman. I won't take the full minute. I just simply wanted to respond to what we just heard here on the floor of the House. H.R. 358 does not change current law or any standard related to section 1867 of the Social Security…
I thank the gentleman for the recognition. Let's be clear about the Affordable Care Act. The EMTALA provision of the underlying law, the Affordable Care Act, is not actually the EMTALA provision because it puts in a great big loophole. The…
the Waxman-Markey bill that was debated and passed through this committee and then passed through the floor of the House in June of 2009 contained in it a provision for providing credits, payments to companies that would sell carbon…
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some people would say your modification results in a ban.
If I had my way, I would ban tobacco and alcohol as well as high fructose corn syrup.
your only option for nutrition is a convenience store. And not being derogatory to convenience stores--I use them all the time myself.
It puts the responsibility of parents in a free society are even higher than if the government exerts complete control.
Would we be better focusing our efforts in a time of limited budgets, should we try to fix that problem first before we go into this direction?
Thank you, and I appreciate the opportunity. I appreciate you all staying with us for so long.
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